misconception - an incorrect conception

bubble - an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble"

ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp - an illusion that misleads

wishful thinking - the illusion that what you wish for is actually true

imagination, imaginativeness, vision - the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"

liking - a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"

realize, see, understand, realise - perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"

visualise, visualize - for a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract; "Mathematicians often visualize"

conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"

desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"

adorned, decorated - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction

rhetorical - concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply"